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UNFPA provides humanitarian assistance to disaster-affected countries

Following the recent series of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is providing humanitarian assistance in affected countries throughout the region.

8 Oct 2009

Ascensions Community Services founder receives the RWJF Community Health Leader Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Satira Streeter, Psy.D., clinical psychologist and executive director of Ascensions Community Services in the District of Columbia, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. She is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who will receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

8 Oct 2009

Alaska Dentist honored with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Health Leader Award

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced its selection of Amanda Gaynor Ashley, D.M.D., Ms.Edu., director of the Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital Dental Clinic in Barrow, Alaska, to receive a Community Health Leaders Award. She is one of 10 extraordinary Americans who will receive the RWJF honor for 2009 at a ceremony this evening at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

8 Oct 2009

U.N. appeals for $74m to provide emergency assistance in the Philippines; health-effects of other natural disasters

The U.N. on Tuesday launched an appeal for $74 million "to provide emergency assistance to hundreds of thousands of victims of two catastrophic typhoons that have struck the Philippines in less than two weeks," VOA News reports (Schlein, 10/6).

8 Oct 2009

Interactive fitness and food journal for kids

Back-to-school means back to hitting the books. Yet this year, one Wisconsin teacher is passing out a different kind of book to her students in grades five through eight.

8 Oct 2009

New report on the relationship between secondhand smoke and heart disease

The dangers of secondhand smoke have led some organizations and communities to establish smoking bans in offices, restaurants, and other public venues. The effectiveness of such bans in protecting people from health risks associated with breathing environmental tobacco smoke has been a matter of continuing debate.

7 Oct 2009

India's effort to combat poverty set back by years due to floods and droughts

Massive food shortages are now impacting hundreds of millions of Indians with floods and droughts, setting back efforts to combat poverty by years, warns World Vision.

7 Oct 2009

Stereotaxis receives commitment letter from Silicon Valley Bank

Stereotaxis, Inc. today announced that it has received a commitment letter from Silicon Valley Bank, a member company of SVB Financial Group (Nasdaq: SIVB), to increase and extend its credit facility.

7 Oct 2009

IP Advocate collaborates with Marion Kauffman Foundation on education and policy initiatives

Sharing a mutual goal of helping researchers turn their discoveries into products that help people and stimulate the economy, IP Advocate (http://www.IPAdvocate.org) founder and noted scientist Dr. Renee Kaswan is collaborating with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (http://www.kauffman.org) on a range of education and policy initiatives.

7 Oct 2009

German research institutes and companies to introduce their activities at WEFTEC.09

As part of the initiative "Research in Germany - Land of Ideas", German research institutes, universities and companies will introduce themselves and their activities at this year's WEFTEC.09.

7 Oct 2009

Research study examines the rankings of human rights

New York University Anthropology Professor Sally Engle Merry will examine how rankings of human rights are created under a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The resulting research is designed to help the public as well as international decision-makers develop a fuller understanding of the kinds of knowledge these rankings provide.

7 Oct 2009

Red Cross relief efforts across the Asia Pacific region: Nine Canadian banks accept cash donations

The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce that nine banks in Canada are now accepting cash donations in support of Red Cross relief efforts across the Asia Pacific region. Over five million people have had their lives devastated after typhoons in the Phillipines and Vietnam, a tsunami in Samoa and an earthquake in Indonesia.

7 Oct 2009

CAPT continues its efforts to end harmful staffing reductions and cuts

The California Association of Psychiatric Technicians is continuing a series of weekly informational pickets at state hospitals, developmental centers and prisons, this time – for the second time – at Napa State Hospital.

7 Oct 2009

Winners of the 2009 World of Children Award to be honored

Six changemakers who have dramatically improved children’s lives will be showcased on November 5 by World of Children, the only global recognition and funding non-profit that recognizes individuals who are changing the lives of children around the world.

7 Oct 2009

Area-wide traffic calming schemes are effective in high-income countries

Area-wide traffic calming schemes that discourage through-traffic from using residential roads are effective at reducing traffic-related injuries in high-income countries and may even reduce deaths. However, more research needs to be carried out to see whether these interventions will work in low- and middle-income countries, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review of the available evidence.

7 Oct 2009

Air pollution levels change considerably within small geographical areas

Pedestrians could reduce the amount of traffic pollution they breathe in simply by crossing the street, according to the latest research from the University of Leeds.

7 Oct 2009

CSL Behring LEAD program invites grant requests from organizations assisting people with rare diseases

CSL Behring, a global leader in the plasma-protein biotherapeutics industry, is calling for grant requests through its Local Empowerment for Advocacy Development (LEAD) program. The LEAD program awards funds to United States patient organizations that assist people with rare diseases in advocating for continued access to health care and life-saving plasma protein therapies.

7 Oct 2009

IBI's single-source benchmarking database released

To help employers gauge benefits-program results, the not-for-profit Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) released today the country's largest single-source benchmarking database across industry groups and occupational and non-occupational benefits programs. The 2008 IBI Benchmarking database compares how employers' lost-time programs perform against others in their industry.

7 Oct 2009

Strategic placement of generators can reduce carbon monoxide

To subdue the steaming heat of hurricanes or to thaw out during a blizzard, gasoline-powered, portable generators are a lifeline during weather emergencies when homes are cut off without electricity.

7 Oct 2009

Most likely cause of operating room fires are lasers and electrosurgical devices: Study

While operating room fires can occur in a variety of clinical settings, it is the use of lasers and electrosurgical devices that are most likely to cause them. Those are the findings in new research presented at the 2009 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO, in San Diego, CA.

7 Oct 2009

Miscellaneous News

UNFPA provides humanitarian assistance to disaster-affected countries

Ascensions Community Services founder receives the RWJF Community Health Leader Award

Alaska Dentist honored with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Community Health Leader Award

U.N. appeals for $74m to provide emergency assistance in the Philippines; health-effects of other natural disasters

Interactive fitness and food journal for kids

New report on the relationship between secondhand smoke and heart disease

India's effort to combat poverty set back by years due to floods and droughts

Stereotaxis receives commitment letter from Silicon Valley Bank

IP Advocate collaborates with Marion Kauffman Foundation on education and policy initiatives

German research institutes and companies to introduce their activities at WEFTEC.09

Research study examines the rankings of human rights

Red Cross relief efforts across the Asia Pacific region: Nine Canadian banks accept cash donations

CAPT continues its efforts to end harmful staffing reductions and cuts

Winners of the 2009 World of Children Award to be honored

Area-wide traffic calming schemes are effective in high-income countries

Air pollution levels change considerably within small geographical areas

CSL Behring LEAD program invites grant requests from organizations assisting people with rare diseases

IBI's single-source benchmarking database released

Strategic placement of generators can reduce carbon monoxide

Most likely cause of operating room fires are lasers and electrosurgical devices: Study

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